it's OK

“This is the golden age

Business is booming

Keep your head down son

And then soon in time you could be like me

In my luxury bunker under all the debris

You too can escape the world’s problems

Cos fixing them’s a fool’s game

Just hoard wealth, insulate yourself, and no one else

Like some kind of twisted naked mole rat

See I’m a glass half-full kinda guy

Even if the water contains PFAS & e.coli

Business is expanding

We’re gonna have a soft landing

Yeh it’s a bit hit and miss

But you can trust me on this”

I can hear the doubt in their delivery

I can hear the creaking of the hinge of history

I can see the future now

But they keep telling me:

“It’s OK”

Yeh, I can relate

Cos yeh, when I was a little boy

I used to dream of growing up & maximising shareholder value…

I used to throw stones over my head

And not care who they hit or where they landed…

Cos stick & stones they broke my bones

So it’s only fair that I hurt you…

(the state of it)

We better acquire a taste for cockroach

Cos they’ll be all that survives

…Other than you

But you’re a side salad that no one ordered

Though all the bread’s been hoarded

By those with hearts contorted

So you’re gonna get eaten

And I’ve got the sugar to sweeten you up

I can hear the doubt in their delivery

I can hear the creaking of the hinge of history

I can see the future now

But they keep telling me:

“It’s OK”

“Everything is alright”

Thank you for letting me know

“My plan is so watertight”

I’m glad you feel in control

“I just had dinner

So world hunger’s a myth”

Why don’t you come say hello?

“It’s OK”